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Gold Bug Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070509
MRDS ID W013470
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49873, 44.96208 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 2 MI. SE OF YELLOWJACKET MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duck Creek Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 017E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN YELLOWJACKET AND TRAIL CREEKS; ALONG N SIDE OF TRAIL CREEK ACROSS RIDGE FROM COPPER GLANCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Oxidation; Gossan

Analytical data

Result 0.4 OZ. AU/TON REPORTED AVERAGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Syenitic intrusive rocks.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip STEEPLY W
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE STRIKES N 8 DEG W, DIPS VERTICALLY; MOST PROMINENT FRACTURE STRIKES N 30 DEG W, DIPS 65 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer J.E. And C.C. Anderson

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wayne Shull

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD - COPPER - LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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